From the Editor

Abstract

Editorial

It is the great honor for us to edit proceedings of “2nd Global Conference on Contemporary Issues in Education
(GLOBE-EDU 2015)†August 27-28,  The University of Chicago Chicago, USA. This privileged scientific event has contributed to the field of educational research for two years.

 

As the guest editors of this issue, we are glad to see variety of articles focusing on arts education, Adult Education, Competitive Skills, Continuing Education, Higher Education, Vocational Education, Transferring Disciplines, Business Education, Educational Administration, Human Resource Development, Academic Advising and Counselling, Education Policy and Leadership, Industrial Cooperation, Life-long Learning Experiences, Workplace Learning and Collaborative Learning, Work Employability, Educational Institution Government Partnership, Patent Registration and Technology Transfer, University Spin-Off Companies, Course Management, Accreditation and Quality Assurance, Academic Experiences and Best Practice Contributions, Copy-right, Digital Libraries and Repositories, Digital Rights Management, Evaluation and Assessment, E-content Management and Development, Open Content, e-Portfolios, Grading Methods, Knowledge Management, Quality processes at National and International level, Security and Data Protection, Student Selection Criteria in Interdisciplinary Studies, User-Generated Content, Curriculum, Research and Development, Acoustics in Education Environment, APD/Listening, Counsellor Education, Courses, Tutorials and Labs, Curriculum Design, ESL/TESL, Special Area Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Geographical Education, Health Education, Home Education, Mathematics Education, Rural Education, Science Education, Secondary Education, Second life Educators, Social Studies Education, Special Education, Learning / Teaching Methodologies and Assessment, Simulated Communities and Online Mentoring, e-Testing and new Test Theories, Supervising and Managing Student Projects, Pedagogy Enhancement with e-Learning, Educating the Educators, Immersive Learning, Blended Learning, Computer-Aided Assessment, Metrics and Performance Measurement, Assessment Software Tools, Assessment Methods in Blended Learning Environments, Global Issues In Education and Research, Education, Research and Globalization, Barriers to Learning (ethnicity, age, psychosocial factors, …), Women and Minorities in Science and Technology, Indigenous and Diversity Issues, Government Policy issues, Organizational, Legal and Financial Aspects, Digital Divide, Increasing Affordability and Access to the Internet, Ethical issues in Education, Intellectual Property Rights and Plagiarism, Pedagogy, Teacher Education, Cross-disciplinary areas of Education, Educational Psychology, Education practice trends and issues, Indigenous Education, Kinesiology and Leisure Science, K12, Life-long Learning Education, Mathematics Education, Physical Education (PE), Reading Education, Religion and Education Studies Research Management, Research Methodologies,Academic Research Projects, Joint-research programmes, Research on Technology in Education, Research Centres, Links between Education and Research, New Challenges in Education, ECTS experiences, The Bologna Process and its implementation, Joint-Degree Programmes, Erasmus and Exchange experiences in universities, Students and Teaching staff Exchange programmes, Ubiquitous Learning, Accessibility to Disabled Users, Animation, 3D, and Web 3D Applications, Context Dependent Learning, Distance Education, E-Learning, E-Manufacturing, Educational Technology, Educational Games and Software, Human Computer Interaction, ICT Education, Internet technologies, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Mobile Applications and Learning (M-learning), Multi-Virtual Environment, Standards and Interoperability, Technology Enhanced Learning, Technology Support for Pervasive Learning, Ubiquitous Computing, Videos for Learning and Educational Multimedia, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Virtual Learning Environments (VLE), Web 2.0, Social Networking, Blogs and Wikis, Wireless Applications, Research In Progress, On going research from undergraduates, graduates/postgraduates and professionals Projects, Collaborative Research, Integration of cross-cultural studies in curriculum, Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), New Trends And Experiences, Other Areas of Education

                                                                                                                                                              

Furthermore, the conference is getting more international each year, which is an indicator that it is getting worldwide known and recognized. Scholars from all over the world contributed to the conference. Special thanks are to all the reviewers, the members of the international editorial board, the publisher, and those involved in technical processes. We would like to thank all who contributed to in every process to make this issue actualized. A total of 21 full papers or abstracts were submitted for this conference and each paper has been peer reviewed by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total of 7 high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication.

 

I hope that you will enjoy reading the papers.

Best Regards

 

Guest Editors

Prof. Dr. Gul Celkan, Middle Georgia State College, USA

 

Editorial Assistant

Msc. Zeynep Genç, Near East University, North Cyprus